teachercd Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Anyone do their own composite deck? Here me out...I was thinking of just taking up the 16 deck boards that I currently have...then just replacing them with the composite boards...Do you know what I mean? you can do that....but check the joist, headers, and support posts to make sure there are no soft spots in them. putting the new deck over the old support system can be costly if 5 years down the road your support boards have rotted away. Thanks! ED thanks for your post too. I think I can save a ton if I just by the composite boards myself and put them on. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Anyone do their own composite deck? Here me out...I was thinking of just taking up the 16 deck boards that I currently have...then just replacing them with the composite boards...Do you know what I mean? I built a 17' x 17' deck several years ago out of cedar with composite planks (Trex). Not difficult at all. Hardest part was the stairway. It's only three steps, but I made it so it fans out in three directions--each step layer is larger than the one above it. I think I concreted in at least ten posts in that little stairway. Wanted to make sure it was rock solid. : Edit: Looking back at that little stairway project, I think it has over 20 support posts concreted in. It's rock solid! Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Anyone do their own composite deck? Here me out...I was thinking of just taking up the 16 deck boards that I currently have...then just replacing them with the composite boards...Do you know what I mean? I build a 17' x 17' deck several years ago out of cedar with composite planks (Trex). Not difficult at all. Hardest part was the stairway. It's only three steps, but I made it so it fans out in three directions--each step layer is larger than the one above it. I think I concreted in at least ten posts in that little stairway. Wanted to make sure it was rock solid. : Ha...That is awesome. I might try it...I try to do one "project" each summer. Last summer I pretty much skipped on that and just was a lazy pile. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I just hung up two frames with nails! Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Ha, you're ahead of me. I've installed about 200 toilets in my life but never a bidet. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I just hung up two frames with nails! Bob Villa...is that you? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I installed... a bidet. you're a head of me. I see what you did there. 2 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Isn't that the offspring of a drinking fountain and a toilet? 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Isn't that the offspring of a drinking fountain and a toilet? It's a drinking fountain for buttholes. 1 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Isn't that the offspring of a drinking fountain and a toilet? It's a drinking fountain for buttholes. I know what you must be into. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 I installed... a bidet. I now know how toilets work. Isn't that the offspring of a drinking fountain and a toilet? It's a drinking fountain for buttholes. I know what you must be into. Oh no he didn't! Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I've done all of the landscaping around our house. I get compliments on it so it must be okay. I tore our deck down and rebuilt it, used the old frame, but the stairs, railing, deck boards, etc. were all torn off and replaced. I actually like to paint, fits my OCD nature, so I don't hire that done minus when we finished our basement and I hired to have the doors and woodwork sprayed, I didn't trust myself with a sprayer. I built our shed, updated our laundry room meaning I painted, hung cabinets, put in a "locker" type coat area, added some shake siding to our garage peak and used the old siding to fix some broken siding here or there on the house. I plan on replacing the "wood" flooring in our dining room and kitchen myself. It's that Pergo laminate flooring crap and the guy that put it in didn't know what he was doing so I'm starting to get gaps here and there. I can do it myself for much cheaper and have all of the tools I need to do it. I'll just buy and extra box for my inevitable screw ups! I've also repaired some furniture around the house that I would consider medium sized repairs. I've been the appliance repair man at my house several times as well. How have I learned? Youtube and through mistakes that I've made. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 A couple of the crazier things I've done myself. Replaced the fan motor on my furnace. It was fairly involved and hard to get to. But it's been running fine for years now and saved me about $500. Was having a problem with our washing machine not pumping out all of the water (or something like that, I don't really remember now). So I Googled the problem and the best explanation I came across was some obscure component was faulty. Had no idea what I was doing but tore that sucker apart, ordered the part online and replaced it. Worked out great. The part was only about $30. I'm sure it would've been $200 minimum to call a repairman. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Compilation of teach's DIY projects 2 2 Quote Link to comment
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